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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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