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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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