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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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