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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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