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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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