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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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