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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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