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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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