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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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