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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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