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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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