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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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