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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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