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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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