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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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