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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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