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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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