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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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