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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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