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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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