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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology 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 MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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