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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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