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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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