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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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