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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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