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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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