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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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