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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines 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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