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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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