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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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