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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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