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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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