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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers 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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