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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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