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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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