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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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