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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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