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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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