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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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