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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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