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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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