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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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