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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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