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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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