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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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