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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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