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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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