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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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