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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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