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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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