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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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