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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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