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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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