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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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