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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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