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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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