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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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