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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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