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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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