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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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