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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the 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 book also considers 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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