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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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