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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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