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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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