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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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