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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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