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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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