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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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