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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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