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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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