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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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