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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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