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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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