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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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