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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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