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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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