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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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