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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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