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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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