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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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