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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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