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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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