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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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