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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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