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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores 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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