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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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