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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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