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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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