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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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