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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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