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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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