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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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