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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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