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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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