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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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