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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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