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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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