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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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