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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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