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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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