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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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