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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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