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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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