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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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