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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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