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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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