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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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