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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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