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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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