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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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