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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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