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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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