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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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