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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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