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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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