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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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