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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever 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 educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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