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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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