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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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