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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important 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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