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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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