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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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