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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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