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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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