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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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