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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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