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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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