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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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