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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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