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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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