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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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