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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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