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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key 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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