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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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