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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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