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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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