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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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