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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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