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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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