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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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