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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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