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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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