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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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