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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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