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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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