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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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