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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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