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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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