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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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