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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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