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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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