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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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