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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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