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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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