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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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