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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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