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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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