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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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