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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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