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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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