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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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