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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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