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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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