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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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