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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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