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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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