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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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