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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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