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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major 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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