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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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