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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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