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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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