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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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