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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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