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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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