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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 (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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