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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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