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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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