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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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