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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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