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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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