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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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