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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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