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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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