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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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