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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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