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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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