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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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