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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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