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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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