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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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