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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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