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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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