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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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