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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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