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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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