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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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