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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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