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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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