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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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