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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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