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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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