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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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