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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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