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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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