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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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