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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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