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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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