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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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