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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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