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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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