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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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