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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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