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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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