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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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