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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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