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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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