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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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