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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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