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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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