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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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