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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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