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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major 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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