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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. New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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