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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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