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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning 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 teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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