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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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