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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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