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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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