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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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