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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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