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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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