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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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