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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever 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 educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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