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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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