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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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