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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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