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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data 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 amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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