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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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