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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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