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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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