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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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