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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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