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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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