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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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