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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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