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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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