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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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