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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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