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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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