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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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