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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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