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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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