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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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