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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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