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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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