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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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