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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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