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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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