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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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