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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment 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 deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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