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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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