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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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