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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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