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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important 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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