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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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