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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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