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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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