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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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