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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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