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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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