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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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