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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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