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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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