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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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