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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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