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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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