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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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