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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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