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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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