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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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