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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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