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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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