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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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