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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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