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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original 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 teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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