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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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