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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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