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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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