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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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