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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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