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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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