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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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