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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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