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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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