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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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