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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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