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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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