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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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