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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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