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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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