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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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