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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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