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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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