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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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