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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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