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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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