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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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