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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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