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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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