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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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