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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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