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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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