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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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