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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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