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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these 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 these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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