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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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