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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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