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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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