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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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