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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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