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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines 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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