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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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