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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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