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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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