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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that 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 participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental 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 we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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