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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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