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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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