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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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