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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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