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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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