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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the 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 studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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