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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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