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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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