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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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