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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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