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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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