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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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