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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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