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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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