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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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