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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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