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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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