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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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