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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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