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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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