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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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