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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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