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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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