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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand 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 educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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