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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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