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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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