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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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