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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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