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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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