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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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