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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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