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MOOCs and Open Education is a scholarly and promising edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital educational technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway allows forms of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for teaching and learning. MOOCs are undoubtedly a significant change agent influencing digital e-learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scientists academics, universities, and societies. This book studies a lot of key advances in massively open online courses (MOOC). This educative new book also deals with open educational resources and online education subjects. This book includes a preface which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. For more details see this learning theory (education) website.

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