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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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