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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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