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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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