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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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