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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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