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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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