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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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