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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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