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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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