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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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