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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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