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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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