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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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