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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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