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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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