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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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