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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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