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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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