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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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