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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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