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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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