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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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