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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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