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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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