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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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