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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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