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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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