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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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