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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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