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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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