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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing 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 subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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