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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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