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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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