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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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