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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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