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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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