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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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