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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating 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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