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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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