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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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