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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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