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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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