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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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