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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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