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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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