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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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