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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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