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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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