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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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