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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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