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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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