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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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