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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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