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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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