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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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