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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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