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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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