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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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