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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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