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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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