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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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