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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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