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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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