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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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