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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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