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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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