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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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