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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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