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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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