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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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