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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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