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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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