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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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