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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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