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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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