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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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