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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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