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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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