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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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