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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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