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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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