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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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