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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major 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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