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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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