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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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