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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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