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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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