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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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