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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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