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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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