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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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