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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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