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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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