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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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