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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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