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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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