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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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