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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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