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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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