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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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