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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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