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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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