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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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