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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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