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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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