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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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