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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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