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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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