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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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