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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the 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 examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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