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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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