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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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