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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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