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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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