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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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