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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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