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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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