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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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