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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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