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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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