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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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