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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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