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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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