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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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