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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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