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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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