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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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