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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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