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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data 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 issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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