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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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