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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. 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 assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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