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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the 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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