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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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