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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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