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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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