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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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