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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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