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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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