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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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