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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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