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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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