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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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