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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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