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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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