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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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