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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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