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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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