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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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