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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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