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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the 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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