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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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