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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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