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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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