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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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